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Patrick Pearse
Patrick Henry Pearse was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist, republican political activist and revolutionary who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. Following his execution along with 15 others, Pearse came to be seen by many as the embodiment of the rebellion.
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culture · Irish revolutionary (1879–1916) · poet · writer · journalist · military personnel · politician · barrister · revolutionary · teacher · also Patrick Pearse, Patrick Henry Pearse, Padraig Pearse, Pearse
Born 10 November 1879 · Died 3 May 1916 · Q274143
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2016· 1 entry
Leinster GAA inaugurated a Pearse medal in recognition of Pearse's role as vice president of the province's Colleges' Committee
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1999· 1 entry
The centenary of Pearse's induction as a member of the Gorsedd at the 1899 Pan Celtic Eisteddfod in Cardiff (when he took the Bardic name Areithiwr) was marked by the unveiling of a plaque at the Consulate General of Ire
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1969· 1 entry
Pearse's legacy was used by the Provisional IRA
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1966· 2 entries
Featured the bust of Patrick Pearse
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After the Pearse brothers
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1926· 1 entry
In honour of Pearse and his brother Willie, Pearse Street (previously Great Brunswick Street) being their birthplace
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1916· 4 entries
Died 1916-05-03.
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Issued the orders to all Volunteer units throughout the country for three days of manoeuvres beginning on Easter Sunday, which was the signal for a general uprising
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Walking Tour piece on Pearse
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The English composer Arnold Bax, who had met the man, composed a tone poem entitled In Memoriam Patrick Pearse
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1914· 1 entry
Was the highest ranking Volunteer in the IRB membership, and instrumental in the latter's commandeering of the remaining minority of the Volunteers for the purpose of rebellion
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1912· 1 entry
“a good measure can be gained if we have enough courage”
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1910· 1 entry
Pearse wrote that the Hermitage was an "ideal" location due to the aesthetics of the grounds and that if he could secure it, "the school would be on a level with" the more established schools of the day such as "Clongowe
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1905· 2 entries
Pearse represented Neil McBride, a poet and songwriter from Feymore, Creeslough, County Donegal, who had been fined for having his name displayed in "illegible" writing (i
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“it was in effect decided that Irish is a foreign language on the same level with Yiddish.”
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1896· 1 entry
At the age of 16, he joined the Gaelic League (Conradh na Gaeilge), and in 1903, at the age of 23, he became editor of its newspaper An Claidheamh Soluis ("The Sword of Light")
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1879· 1 entry
Born 1879-11-10.
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